SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MASS INTENTIONS FOR FEB. 12TH TO FEB. 19TH
ST. CHRISTOPHER’S
SAT 7:30 DEVOTIONS Req. by Devotees
SUN 8:45 PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
11:30 DANIEL FERGUSON Req. by Dorothy & Bob Ferguson
1:30 EVELYN GREENE
MON 8:00 WILLIAM RAFFAELE Req. by M. Raffaele
TUES 8:00 RONALD SANTI Req. by Ida Santi
WED 8:00 GEORGE DURR Req. by L. Durr
THU 8:00 EVELYN GREENE
FRI 8:00 MICHAEL & ANNE LYNCH & NORA LYNCH
SAT 8:00 JAMES & BEATRICE FORD, JAMES P. FORD &
ST. PATRICK’S
SAT 5:00 CHRISTIAN DAHMKE Req. by Ed & Jolene Lent
SUN 10:15 GLENN SAYRES Req. by Ed & Jolene Lent
MON 9:00 EVELYN GREENE
TUES 9:00 DEC’D MEMBERS OF LAGAN FAMILY Req. by
Peggy Hughes
WED 9:00 MICHAEL & ANNE LYNCH & NORA LYNCH
THU 9:00 EVELYN GREENE
FRI 9:00 NO MASS
SAT 5:00 MAUDE DAHLKE Req. by Family
SUN 10:15 THOMAS CHRISTMAS Req. by Mary Jane Everett
LOUIS MORRIS Req. by B. Morris
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Baptisms: Celebrated on the first Sunday of the month at 12:30 or 3:00pm. Parents should call the rectory at least four weeks in advance, and must attend instructions, which are held on the third Thursday of the month. Church Law requires that only Catholics in good standing are eligible to be Godparents. No Baptisms will be scheduled during Lent.
Anointing of the Sick: We offer this sacrament to those who are seriously ill, at home or in the hospital. We urge you to contact the office before someone goes to the hospital for an operation. (A priest may not be available later)
Ministry of the Sick: Holy Communion will be brought to the sick, upon request. The bedridden or chronically ill can be placed on the “Eucharistic Ministers” visitation schedule.
Wedding: Engaged couples must make arrangements in person, at the office at least six months in advance.
Parish Membership: We welcome all new members to our parish. Please register at the office, by phone or in person. Registration forms are available at the entrances to the Churches. Also, please notify the office if your address has changed or if you would like to be added to the weekly envelope system.
Saint Christopher and Saint Patrick Collections
Regular Collection Peter’s Pence
$5,673.60 $2,033.00
Update on Handicap Entrance, Rectory & Office Renovation Project: Our construction is 75% complete. Our moving date is several months away. We collected funding of 66%. We still need another $25,000 to reach our goal. Your tax deductible donation is welcomed & appreciated & needed to make Father George’s goal a reality for the merging of St. Christopher & St. Patrick Church. If you have any questions, please call Bob Hemsing 914-552-7188 or Luis Pasato 914-844-7727.
Events this Week
Sunday Second Collection: Maintenance & Repairs
Wednesday Thrift shop open from 9:30am-12:30pm
Saturday Thrift shop open from 9:30am-12:30pm
Sunday Second Collection: Utility & Energy Costs
2016 Contribution Statements: If you would like to receive a statement attesting to the total amount of weekly contributions received from you during 2016, please call the Rectory. REMINDER: In order for us to keep track of your weekly contributions, you must use the envelope system and write the amount on the envelope. If you are not on the envelope system but would like to sign up, please call the Rectory.
Fr. John Vigilanti would like to thank the parishioners of St. Christopher/St. Patrick for their condolences, prayers, presence and support over the death of his mother, Irene, on January 31st. A special thanks to Fr. George who concelebrated the funeral mass.
The Annual Golden Wedding Mass Celebration: Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary anytime during 2017 are invited to attend the Annual Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass with Cardinal Dolan at the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Sunday, June 11th at 2:00pm. Pre-registration is required. Please contact your parish for registration. The closing date to register for the Mass is Friday, May 12th, 2017. This event is sponsored by the Family Life - Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of New York.
Beginning Experience of the Hudson Valley is offering a healing weekend from March 31 to April 2 at the St. Lawrence Retreat Center in Beacon, New York. The invitation is open to men and women of all ages who have suffered the loss of a spouse through death, divorce, or separation. It is a time to heal and a time to begin anew. Reservations are required. For information or registration please call Mary Ann H – 914-962-1112 C – 914-260-5087 or Betty at 973-903-3941 or e-mail at
Ash Wednesday is March 1, 2017. Ash Wednesday & Good Friday are days of Fast & Abstinence. Fridays in Lent are days of Abstinence. Fasting requires that only one full meal be taken per day by those between the age of 18 & 59. Two other small means may be taken during day to maintain physical strength but these two meals should not equal a full meal. Abstinence prohibits those ages 14 & older from eating meat on a particular day.
The sick are comforted just knowing that we pray for them. Please remember these members of our Parish Family, who are ill, in your prayers: Mickey Foster, Beverly Lewis, Ray Mackey, Aidan McElgunn, Sheila Dahlke Moore, John Mecca, Richard Curinga, Susan Rose, Michael Boddie, John Boddie, James Boddie, Kathy Farrey, Art Farrey Sr., Ed Lent, Margaret Hesselgrave, Colin Lent, Eddie Lent, Sean Flaherty, Joao Manino Vaz, Marilu Selicco and Dan Keon who are sick.
The winner of the 26 Week Club for week #11 was #3, Beverly Fucheck. The seller was the Church.
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
First Reading: Sirach 15:15-20
This passage from Sirach gives strong, unequivocal emphasis to free will in every person. Before each of us is set, sin or virtue, life or death, and each of us are free to choose the one or the other.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10
Paul explains to the Corinthians that there are two different kinds of wisdom – the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the world. The wisdom of God is mysterious, but this wisdom has been revealed “to those who love him” through the Spirit.
Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells the people he has come to fulfill the law. He speaks strongly against murder and anger, against adultery and lust, and against false oaths and lies. He warns the people that unless their virtue exceeds that of the Pharisees, they “will not enter the kingdom of God.”
COMUNIDAD HISPANA
PARROQUIA DE SAN CHRISTOPHER/SAN PATRICIO
RECTORIA TELF. 914) 737-1046 FAX (914) 737-9320
HORARIO DE ATENCIÓN EN ESPAÑOL:
LUNES, MARTES, JUEVES, VIERNES 5:00PM- 7:30PM
Página Web: WWW.Chrispatparish.com
EVENTOS DE LA SEMANA DEL 12 AL 19 DE FEBRERO DEL 2017
Domingo 12 de Febrero: Segunda Colecta para Mantenimiento y Reparaciones
Jueves 16 de Febrero: Grupo de Oración a las 7:30 pm
Domingo 19 de Febrero: Segunda Colecta para ayudar con los gastos de calefacción de la Iglesia.
PARISH PAY
Querido feligrés te invitamos a participar en otro método para hacer su contribución semanal a la Iglesia ParishPay. Es más fácil que usar los sobres semanales. Este método es gratuito solo necesitas una tarjeta de crédito o de débito y le acreditan automáticamente la contribución cada semana de su tarjeta. El sitio en el internet es www.parishpay.com Y de esa manera también estará activo en la parroquia participando del sistema de sobres semanales. Para nuestros feligreses que usan el Parish Pay les recordamos que la cuenta de St. Christopher ya no está activa desde que nuestra parroquia tomo el nuevo nombre. Por favor haga sus contribuciones a St. Christopher and St. Patrick Church.
ESTADO ANUAL DE CONTRIBUCION
Si desea un estado anual de contribución a la parroquia por favor llamar a la parroquia para solicitarlo. Solamente se entregara a quienes lo soliciten en la rectoría.
PAREJAS CELEBRANDO SUS BODAS DE ORO
Todas las parejas que celebran sus 50 años de casados durante este año 2017 están invitados a la Misa Anual de los Cincuenta años de Aniversario de Bodas. La Santa Misa será celebrada por el Cardenal Dolan el sábado 11 de junio a las 2:00 pm en la Catedral de San Patricio. Se requiere inscribirse de antemano en su parroquia. El último día para inscribirse es el viernes 12 de mayo, 2017. Este evento está patrocinado por la Oficina de Vida Familiar † Respeto a la Vida de la Arquidiócesis de Nueva York.
SEXTO DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO
Sirácide nos exhorta: “el Señor ha puesto delante de ti fuego y agua la muerte y la vida; [te] será dado lo que escoja[s]”. Pablo predica “a los adultos en la fe. . . la sabiduría, pero no la sabiduría de este mundo”. Finalmente Jesús declara: “Han oído ustedes que se dijo pero yo les digo”. No es un rabino ordinario que interpreta la Torá, sino el Hijo amado de Dios en quien Dios se complace, que nos reta a ir más allá del texto de la ley, más allá de las costumbres aceptadas por nuestra cultura, para vivir un amor radicalmente entregado.
Por tanto, no sólo matar está prohibido para los discípulos de Jesús, pero hasta el enojo, las murmuraciones insultantes y las palabras abusivas. No es sólo el adulterio una acción pecaminosa en sí misma, sino que también pecaminosos son los pensamientos de lujuria que reducen a una persona creada a la imagen de Dios a una cosa que existe solamente para nuestro placer. El matrimonio no es meramente un contrato legal, sino una alianza de por vida. Tampoco hay necesidad de jurar; una honestidad transparente ya hace de cada palabra nuestra “la pura verdad de Dios”.
Aún más importante es que, cualquiera que fuese el asunto y aunque me sienta incomprendido, el discípulo siempre da el primer paso hacia la reconciliación. Jesús va más lejos. No hay oración, por muy solemne que sea, que pueda remplazar esa actitud radical e interpersonal en favor de la reconciliación y la paz; hasta el poder santificador de la liturgia queda nulo si no hay reconciliación. Interrumpe la liturgia y deja tu ofrenda junto al altar cuando te acuerdes que alguien tiene alguna queja contra ti. Notemos detenidamente el desafío extraordinario: no es si nos acordamos de algo que hayamos hecho, sino sorprendentemente, “si te acuerdas que tu hermano tiene alguna queja contra ti”; esto es, aun cuando la presunta ofensa exista sólo en la mente de la otra persona.